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A young fish farmer in Mirsarai
Agriculture & farmingChattogram
A young man in Mirsarai began fish farming on 30 decimals in 2019 with Tk 1.5 lakh from selling his mother's jewellery. After a Covid loss he recovered, added biofloc, and now earns about Tk 1 lakh a month.
A homemaker in Chattogram city, a children's clothing entrepreneur
Retail & wholesaleChattogram
A homemaker in Chattogram started with Tk 15,000, making children's clothes and punjabis for the local market. With Tk 30,000 borrowed from a relative she opened a showroom and now owns a boutique and a beauty parlour.
A young software firm owner in Jashore
Digital & B2B servicesJashore
A young man from Jashore began in 2015 with an e-commerce site while still a student and now runs a firm doing software, networking and data work. He says funding, winning customers and running costs are the big hurdles for young founders.
A young tea-shop entrepreneur in Jashore town, in a Prothom Alo report
Food processingJashore
A young man in Jashore town quit his job in November 2023 and opened a shop around his mother's date-jaggery tea recipe. The shop, open from afternoon to 11 pm, sells 100-150 cups a day.
A craftsman-owner of a mic and sound service in Lalmohan, Bhola, in a Prothom Alo report
Home & local servicesBhola
A craftsman in Lalmohan, Bhola lost everything to river erosion, joined a fishing boat at 15 and became an engine mechanic. He began renting batteries and mics in 1997 and now rents and repairs sound systems with his son.
A mobile duck farmer in Faridpur upazila, Pabna, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingPabna
A farmer in Pabna has for 20 years moved a flock of ducks through crop fields and wetlands, selling the eggs. Feed is almost free, so costs are low, and his monthly income after costs is close to Tk 1 lakh.
A woman crab farmer in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingSatkhira
A woman in Shyamnagar, Satkhira took a loan in 2020 and began soft-shell crab farming on a rented pond. Five family members work in shifts to avoid labour cost, and profits have funded a shrimp gher and a semi-brick house.
A woman coffee and fruit grower in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingNilphamari
A woman in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari planted coffee on fallow land beside her home in 2018, later adding rambutan, cocoa and dragon fruit. Yields have not been even, yet she earns about Tk 30,000 a month after costs.
A betel farmer in Jhikargachha, Jashore, in an Ajker Patrika report
Agriculture & farmingJashore
A farmer in Jhikargachha, Jashore planted an Indian betel variety on 18 katha and earned Tk 24 lakh in three years from leaves and cuttings. Cyclone Amphan damaged the garden in 2020 and that year brought no profit.
Two friends in Dhaka running a coconut delivery business, in a Prothom Alo report
Food processingDhaka
Two friends in Dhaka began delivering cut coconuts after a Facebook ad. After wasted coconuts and a rainy-season glut, they now average Tk 25 lakh of sales a month.
A young farm-machinery seller-entrepreneur in Rangpur, in a Prothom Alo report
Retail & wholesaleRangpur
A young man in Rangpur began at 21 by selling a Chinese hand reaper through Facebook videos. Within a few years a three-person rented office became a 55-staff business that has sold machines to more than 40,000 farmers.
Lazz Pharma Limited, a model pharmacy chain in Bangladesh
Retail & wholesale
Pharmacy business grew fast in Bangladesh during Covid; Lazz Pharma then ran 69 model pharmacies nationwide and opened more than 30 franchise stores in two years. But as shops multiplied, sales at some neighbourhood pharmacies later fell.
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